$7.25 million dollars. That’s the kind of sum that one of the six real-deal Shelby Daytona vehicles that the chicken farmer cranked out has pulled at an auction. That’s a hell of a lot of cash for a Cobra with a roof, and it’s a sincere amount of money to put at risk doing anything resembling hard driving. But I promise you, if Shelby himself could see the kind of smokeshow that CSX2300 put on at Goodwood, he’d be losing his marbles and screaming the kinds of things that the broadcasters hope would never get picked up by the microphones. Not to worry, of course…all they can hear is one angry Ford-powered rocket as it shimmys and shakes it’s way into action. Driver Kenny Brack isn’t the least bit afraid of this machine…or, put more realistically, he isn’t so intimidated by it’s value that he rethinks dumping the clutch. I’ve treated $500 beaters with more respect than what the Daytona is getting here, and that’s a great thing to say. To hell with hand-polishing under lights in a garage, let this monster eat!
CSX2300 has run at the 1965 Nurburgring 1000KM event, where it took third in GT3 and 12th overall with André Simon an Jo Schlesser at the wheel, before being owned by Carroll Shelby himself up until 2000. Collectors, hold your breath…this is how your trophy car should be treated. Take lessons.
That looked, sounded GREAT, well done Mr. Brack !
The whole Goodwood weekend live stream was full of awesomeness, but this was the pinnacle for me.